Ironing-board



(No Model.)

O. A. (300K. IRONING BOARD.

No. 468,790. Patented Peb."16, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

CHARLES A. COOK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

lRONING-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 468,790, dated February 16, 1892.

Application filed August 8, 1891. Serial No. 402,101. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. 000K, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the anneXed drawings, illustrating the invention, in which- Figure I is a side elevation of my improvement in ironing-boards connected with a table as a support; Fig. II, a plan View of the ironing-board and a portion of a table shown at Fig. I; Fig. III, a side elevation of the ironingboard and attached support or brace-support removed from the table and shut together, as when not in use, the same being double the size shown in Figs. I and II; Fig. IV, an under side view of the board shown in Fig. III, and Fig. V a perspective View of the button II.

The nature of this invention and its novelty, as compared with other ironing-boards, will be fully comprehended by the following detail description.

A represents a portion of any ordinary table which is employed to support the ironingboard B, which is formed not unlike the many boards now in use, except as explained.

C is a brace-clam p, of wood, which is about three orfour times as wide as it is 'thick, and formed in the under portion of its upper end is a notch D, the upper part of which, as shown in Fig. I, is formed to lie in the same plane as the top of the table A, and the other part of the notch lies against the edge of the top of the table when the ironing-board is adjusted for use. A set of wooden ears'E are rigidly secured to the under side of the board, and between them is placed the brace-clamp, and a bolt or pin F, put through the ears and brace-clamp, pivots the latter so that it may occupy a position as shown at Fig. I, and also be folded onto the underside of the board, as shown at Figs. III and IV. In this construction the Wider and inner end of the board is provided with a notch or slot, as shown at Fig. II, for the short arm of the brace-clamp to pass through to engage the top of the table, while the end of the ironing-board engages the opposite side of the table-top. By means of this construction the more Weight placed on the board the tighter the brace-clamp will pinch the top of the table.

For transporting and storing the ironingboard it is preferable that the brace-clamp be folded compactly 011 the board portion and held there by some device which will not interfere with telescoping garments onto the free end of the board. Such a device is shown at H, and consists of a button pivoted to the under side of the board, so as to swing between the short arm of the lever-clamp and the board, as shown at Figs. III and IV, the projection I being employed to turn the button.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new An improvement in ironing-boards, consisting of a board slotted at one end, in. combination with a braceclamp which is pivoted to the under side of the board, and the short arm of the brace-clamp provided with a notch, which, with the end of the ironing-board, forms jaws for supporting the board, and a button acting on the short arm of the braceclampto hold the brace-clamp against the board, as and for the purpose specified.

' CHARLES A. COOK. Witnesses: G. L. CHAPIN, ELLIs S. CHESBROUGH. 

